Saturday, October 24, 2009

If beauty is allin the eyeof the beholder then Iwish you could seethe love for you that lives in me

And you would know you have my heartIf you could see, what I seethat a treasure's what you areif you could see, what I seeCreated to bethe only one for meIf you could see, what I see

I know there are dayswhen you feelso much less than idealwondering what I see in you

It's all of the lightand the graceyour belief in me drives me to saythat I promise youa faithful love, forever true

if you could seethen you'd understandwhy I fall down to my kneesand I pray my lovewill be worthy ofthe one who gave His lifeso our love could be

You're created to beThe perfect one for meIf you could seeWhat I see

if beauty is allin the eyeof the beholder then Iam beholding...true beauty

Seven years ago today, Justin and I were married in front of our friends and family. This beautiful Geoff Moore song played as we lit our unity candle. I wanted to do something special for this part of the cermony, so each of our guests was given their own candle when they came into the church. During the song, our candle-lighters lit the candles at the back of each side of the sanctuary. The guests passed the light, up and down the rows, until it reached our moms at the very front. It was so amazing for us to stand up there and watch the glow of the candles take over the sanctuary. And it was so symbolic to have the light that traveled through all our friends and family, be the light that we used for our unity candle.

Our usual anniversary tradition is to take a little weekend trip together. We've done it every year since we were married (1st-Oklahoma City, 2nd-Branson, 3rd-Tulsa, 4th-Manhattan, 5th-Branson, 6th-Branson). BUT, with my photography business booming this time of year, I WAY overbooked myself for the month. Next year I'll be sure to leave a weekend open for our trip! I did have Saturday night free though, so we celebrated with dinner out together. My mom was out of town visiting Mamo, so Papa (my dad) kept Barrett for us. Tonight, we'll probably pick up some $6 Gambino's 'beat the clock' pizza, and snuggle on the couch to watch Monday Night Football.

Happy Anniversary, Babe! It's hard to believe this all started at the mini-golf during the summer of 1995...now here we are 14 years later. We've been through so much together, and I love you more every single day. You are my best friend. Seeing you as a father, when our baby boy was born, made me fall in love with you all over again. Having our Little Bear has been the sweetest chapter yet! Thank you for always being so kind-hearted, encouraging, funny and supportive. You have my heart...I love you!

THIS is my man...

...created to be, the only one for me.

(and he will probably not like that I'm posting this picture...but I love it)

3 comments:

That just made me cry Laura! And damn that picture of Justin is HOT! Happy Anniversary! I love the candle idea too. Wish I would've thought of that. Maybe out our 20 year vow renewal. :) Only 15 more years to go!

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Elephant Juice...

Since our early days of dating, 13 years ago...my husband has always found it amusing to mouth the words "elephant juice" to me at the most random times! I'm sure you all know that mouthing "elephant juice" makes it look like you're saying "i love you." It makes me laugh everytime and I think it will be a fun little 'family thing' we'll pass onto our kids!